LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant John Charles ANDERSON
Service No: 403545
Born: Sydney NSW, 5 May 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 February 1941
Unit: No. 38 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Ground Accident, Egypt, 13 December 1942, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Frederick John and Mary May Anderson, of Mascot, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Mascot NSW
Remembered: Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
While on leave on 13 December 1942, Sergeant Anderson, a Wireless Air Gunner, fell off Pyramids at Giza, near Cairo and was dangerously injured. He was admitted to hospital and died on the same day.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/87/306